The lawsuit refers to the alleged inappropriate comments and gestures Holliday has made toward the women since 2010.

"Since 2010 and continuing to this day plaintiffs have been subject to sexual harassment that was unwelcome in their employ in food services for Oberlin College," the lawsuits states. "The college was notified of Dean Holliday's harassment of Plaintiffs and of the hostile work environment in June of 2011 but did nothing to investigate for several months after notice."

Holliday is accused of pressing against the buttocks of one woman, making references to his anatomy and talking about sex in front of them. The lawsuit lists other sexual behavior as well.

The lawsuit states that the college did an ineffective investigation, and the harassment continued with retaliation and intimidation.

The defendants' response to the harassment "was untimely, inadequate and ineffective and not appropriate to complaints of sexual harassment based on the frequence and severity of the harassment...," the lawsuit states.